Creative Productions & Theatricals

Bringing musical theatre to underserved audiences

About Us

We Create

CPA Theatricals creates and develops musical theatre workshops and productions

Summer Musical Theatre Workshop

For high school students

Create & Develop

We produce musical theatre workshops and productions that educate and entertain the community.

Produce

We create opportunities for young people to experience musical theatre through workshops and performance.

Award

We award grants to artists and organizations that enhance the musical theatre community and other artistic venues.

Latest News

2nd Reading of Christmas show…

May is a strange month for weather in Chicago. It can be in the 90’s and it can snow. So, planning events can be very difficult. The second reading for our Christmas show was scheduled for one of

1 in 14…

1 in 14. When I was at the most successful time of my professional acting career, I booked ONE job out of every 14 auditions.. I started writing down the number of auditions, then I circled the nu

Inspiration from a cat?

GIRLHOOD, my most recent project, is a song cycle musical that tells the stories of middle school girls as they experience the challenges of daily life from middle school through high school. Throug

Last year the New York Musical Festival (NYMF) featured musicals including THE TIME MACHINE, MOTHERFREAKINGHOOD and of course, 57th NATIONAL MATHLETE SUM-IT (formerly Numbers Nerds). I just received w

I found this ….

I saw this on a friend’s Facebook timeline. And, I paused after reading it for a couple of reasons. First, I believe in this. I use this as often as I can. And, many times, it works. But,

The BEST ideas win…regardless of where it comes from!

I have a confession to make. I am not a good collaborator. But, I am getting better at it. It has always difficult to me to be “One of the team” and not just the boss. But after managi

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